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Nature has monumental power on children's growth and development. When children spend time in nature, they experience profound benefits that outdoor play provides. Nature Sparks is filled with inspiration and instruction to help you reclaim and s...

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Early Sprouts Cookbook
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Counteract the prevalence of childhood obesity and establish lifelong healthy eating habits in children. This research-based, ...

Help families understand the value of children's connections to the natural world. This educational booklet addresses the numerous benefits and rich learning that children experience outdoors. It includes ideas that encourage outdoor family time to...

Help children explore the environment and develop a sense of wonder, curiosity, and joy for nature. Each chapter focuses on a common and important environmental topic, such as waste reduction and recycling, air quality, weather and climate change,...

Create high quality, engaging environments for school-age children to meet their developmental needs and support their learning. Great Afterschool Programs and Spaces That Wow! outlines the many aspects—physical, temporal, and interactive en...

Learning to lead a healthy lifestyle begins during the early years. Part of the Growing, Growing Strong series, this body care curriculum includes activities and background information to help children develop lifelong healthy habits.
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Gardens are where children's imaginations engage nature, and the result is joyful learning. Use this book to explore the unique and expansive learning opportunities offered by gardening with children—green thumb or the perfect plot of land n...

Examine the many reasons why children need to play outside and learn some of the social factors that inhibit outdoor play. This DVD includes a slideshow of children engaged in outdoor play experiences that you can immediately implement in your ...

Public discussions of global climate are making children more aware of environmental issues. Foster a love of nature and an understanding of the complexity and seriousness of these issues with Childhood and Nature. Making meaningful connections wit...

Play is important for cognitive, emotional, and physical development of children. Use the four components experts have identified for safety:
Supervision by appropriate individuals
Age-appropriate design
Fall-surfacing that contains approved mat...

Environmental education expert David Sobel is joined by a variety of colleagues to walk readers through the European roots of nature-based programs to the recent resurgence of these kinds of programs in North America. Whether starting a new natu...

Get all 14 DVDs from Lisa Murphy, including:
What If Today Was Their Only Day?
Making Time for Books and Stories
Oh Those Little Ones
Many Kinds of Smart
The Importance of Early Experiences
Fizzle, Bubble, Pop & WOW!
Identifying and Creating Chi...